The Dial-A-Carol program was started in December of 1960 and the residents of Snyder Hall, a university housing residence, have been hosting the program each year since.

Anyone can call and request a specific holiday tune to be played over the telephone and if you're the fifth caller, volunteers will also sing the carol. The best part is the calls are free, minus the long distance charge of course.

Last year the school said it logged 1,200 phone calls.

If you want to hear a Christmas carol, call 217-332-1882. The service is open 24 hours a day until midnight on December 15.

A school bus driver caused a fatal crash on a New Jersey highway last week by crossing three lanes of traffic in an apparent attempt to make an illegal U-turn, according to a criminal complaint released Thursday that charged the driver with vehicular homicide. Authorities charged Hudy Muldrow Sr., 77, with vehicular homicide, also known as death by auto, in the deaths of 10-year-old student Miranda Vargas and 51-year-old teacher Jennifer Williamson. More than 40 other...More >>

A school bus driver caused a fatal crash on a New Jersey highway last week by crossing three lanes of traffic in an apparent attempt to make an illegal U-turn, according to a criminal complaint released Thursday that charged the driver with vehicular homicide. Authorities charged Hudy Muldrow Sr., 77, with vehicular homicide, also known as death by auto, in the deaths of 10-year-old student Miranda Vargas and 51-year-old teacher Jennifer Williamson. More than 40 other...More >>